Your Child By Five Years

How your child plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves offers important clues about your child’s development. Developmental milestones are things most children can do by a certain age.

Check the milestones your child has reached by his or her 5th birthday. Take this with you and talk with your child’s doctor at every visit about the milestones your child has reached and what to expect next.

What most children do by this age:

Social and Emotional

Wants to please friends

Wants to be like friends

More likely to agree with rules

Likes to sing, dance, and act

Is aware of gender

Can tell what’s real and what’s make-believe

Shows more independence (for example, may visit a next-door neighbor by himself [adult supervision is still needed])

Development Milestone

Welcome to North Valley Pediatric Therapy!

We are a team of highly trained pediatric therapists located in North Phoenix. We are dedicated to helping children and adolescents along with their families with a full scope of therapy services, including occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, feeding therapy, sensory integration therapy, and group classes to meet the needs of all children. When you walk into our clinic you will see climbing walls, a trampoline, ball pit, slides, bikes, suspension swings and quiet areas where children are achieving complex and interdisciplinary skills while having fun! Our mission is to provide compassionate and high quality therapy services in an enriching and enjoyable environment where all children can thrive!